Billund Municipality

Billund is a municipality in the centre of the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. Formerly the municipality belonged to Ribe County. The new, merged municipality covers an area of 540.18 km², and has a total population of 26,172 (2010). Its mayor is Ib Kristensen, a member of Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.[1] The site of its municipal council is the town of Grindsted, which is the largest town in the municipality followed by the city of Billund.

Billund
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 55°43′55″N 8°57′22″E
CountryDenmark
RegionSouthern Denmark
Established1 January 2007
Government
 • MayorStephanie Storbank
Area
 • Total536.51 km2 (207.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total26,434
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitebillund.dk

On 1 January 2007, as a result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), the old Billund municipality was combined with the former Grindsted Municipality and the part of Billund Airport that was located in Give Municipality.

The municipality is part of the Triangle Region and of the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.[2][3]

Locations
Church of Denmark parishes in Billund Municipality
Grindsted9,800
Billund6,600
Sønder Omme1,700
Vorbasse1,300
Hejnsvig1,050
Filskov660
Stenderup640

Politics

Billund's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years. The municipal council has six political committees.[4]

Municipal council

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Election Party Total
seats		 Turnout Elected
mayor
A B C E F O V
2005 7 3 1 14 25 71.1% Ib Kristensen (V)
2009 6 1 3 3 2 10 67.7%
2013 7 2 1 2 13 74.1%
2017 7 2 1 2 3 10 72.8%
Data from Kmdvalg.dk 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2017

Economy

LEGO Group and Sun Air of Scandinavia have their head offices in Billund, Billund Municipality.[5][6] The first Legoland has operated here since 1968.

Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark

Billund is twinned with:[7]

References
  1. Facts about Billund Archived December 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Vi er landets mest ambitiøse business region" [We are the country's most ambitious business region] (in Danish). trekantomraadet.dk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. "Tal og statistik" [Figures and Statistics] (in Danish). Byregion Østjylland. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. Byråd og udvalg
  5. "Locations Archived 2010-03-09 at the Wayback Machine." Lego Group. Retrieved on 16 March 2010.
  6. "Contact Archived 2010-08-20 at the Wayback Machine." Sun Air of Scandinavia. Retrieved on 16 March 2010.
  7. "Lage Daten Fakten". hohenwestedt.de (in German). Hohenwestedt. Retrieved 2021-04-14.

Sources


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